diff --git a/mesonbuild/linkers.py b/mesonbuild/linkers.py
index fa8b32641..02b30e92b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/linkers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/linkers.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from .envconfig import get_env_var
 
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .coredata import OptionDictType
+    from .envconfig import MachineChoice
     from .environment import Environment
 
 
@@ -516,6 +517,10 @@ class GnuLikeDynamicLinkerMixin:
     other linkers like GNU-ld.
     """
 
+    if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
+        for_machine = MachineChoice.HOST
+        def _apply_prefix(self, arg: T.Union[str, T.List[str]]) -> T.List[str]: ...
+
     _BUILDTYPE_ARGS = {
         'plain': [],
         'debug': [],
@@ -761,8 +766,10 @@ class LLVMDynamicLinker(GnuLikeDynamicLinkerMixin, PosixDynamicLinkerMixin, Dyna
 
     id = 'ld.lld'
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+    def __init__(self, exelist: T.List[str],
+                 for_machine: mesonlib.MachineChoice, prefix_arg: T.Union[str, T.List[str]],
+                 always_args: T.List[str], *, version: str = 'unknown version'):
+        super().__init__(exelist, for_machine, prefix_arg, always_args, version=version)
 
         # Some targets don't seem to support this argument (windows, wasm, ...)
         _, _, e = mesonlib.Popen_safe(self.exelist + self._apply_prefix('--allow-shlib-undefined'))
@@ -1052,6 +1059,12 @@ NvidiaHPC_StaticLinker = PGIStaticLinker
 
 class VisualStudioLikeLinkerMixin:
 
+    """Mixin class for for dynamic linkers that act like Microsoft's link.exe."""
+
+    if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
+        for_machine = MachineChoice.HOST
+        def _apply_prefix(self, arg: T.Union[str, T.List[str]]) -> T.List[str]: ...
+
     _BUILDTYPE_ARGS = {
         'plain': [],
         'debug': [],
@@ -1063,9 +1076,13 @@ class VisualStudioLikeLinkerMixin:
         'custom': [],
     }  # type: T.Dict[str, T.List[str]]
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, direct: bool = True, machine: str = 'x86', **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+    def __init__(self, exelist: T.List[str], for_machine: mesonlib.MachineChoice,
+                 prefix_arg: T.Union[str, T.List[str]], always_args: T.List[str], *,
+                 version: str = 'unknown version', direct: bool = True, machine: str = 'x86'):
+        # There's no way I can find to make mypy understand what's going on here
+        super().__init__(exelist, for_machine, prefix_arg, always_args, version=version)  # type: ignore
         self.machine = machine
+        self.direct = direct
 
     def get_buildtype_args(self, buildtype: str) -> T.List[str]:
         return mesonlib.listify([self._apply_prefix(a) for a in self._BUILDTYPE_ARGS[buildtype]])
@@ -1077,7 +1094,8 @@ class VisualStudioLikeLinkerMixin:
         return self._apply_prefix(['/MACHINE:' + self.machine, '/OUT:' + outputname])
 
     def get_always_args(self) -> T.List[str]:
-        return self._apply_prefix('/nologo') + super().get_always_args()
+        parent = super().get_always_args() # type: ignore
+        return self._apply_prefix('/nologo') + T.cast(T.List[str], parent)
 
     def get_search_args(self, dirname: str) -> T.List[str]:
         return self._apply_prefix('/LIBPATH:' + dirname)
@@ -1278,7 +1296,7 @@ class CudaLinker(PosixDynamicLinkerMixin, DynamicLinker):
     id = 'nvlink'
 
     @staticmethod
-    def parse_version():
+    def parse_version() -> str:
         version_cmd = ['nvlink', '--version']
         try:
             _, out, _ = mesonlib.Popen_safe(version_cmd)
diff --git a/run_mypy.py b/run_mypy.py
index d5ec55d67..953c20d23 100755
--- a/run_mypy.py
+++ b/run_mypy.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ modules = [
   'mesonbuild/dependencies/mpi.py',
   'mesonbuild/envconfig.py',
   'mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py',
+  'mesonbuild/linkers.py',
   'mesonbuild/mcompile.py',
   'mesonbuild/mesonlib.py',
   'mesonbuild/minit.py',
diff --git a/run_unittests.py b/run_unittests.py
index 32b3d34de..0bcf617ea 100755
--- a/run_unittests.py
+++ b/run_unittests.py
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ class InternalTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_compiler_args_class_gnuld(self):
         ## Test --start/end-group
-        linker = mesonbuild.linkers.GnuDynamicLinker([], MachineChoice.HOST, 'fake', '-Wl,', [])
+        linker = mesonbuild.linkers.GnuBFDDynamicLinker([], MachineChoice.HOST, '-Wl,', [])
         gcc = mesonbuild.compilers.GnuCCompiler([], 'fake', False, MachineChoice.HOST, mock.Mock(), linker=linker)
         ## Ensure that the fake compiler is never called by overriding the relevant function
         gcc.get_default_include_dirs = lambda: ['/usr/include', '/usr/share/include', '/usr/local/include']
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class InternalTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_compiler_args_remove_system(self):
         ## Test --start/end-group
-        linker = mesonbuild.linkers.GnuDynamicLinker([], MachineChoice.HOST, 'fake', '-Wl,', [])
+        linker = mesonbuild.linkers.GnuBFDDynamicLinker([], MachineChoice.HOST, '-Wl,', [])
         gcc = mesonbuild.compilers.GnuCCompiler([], 'fake', False, MachineChoice.HOST, mock.Mock(), linker=linker)
         ## Ensure that the fake compiler is never called by overriding the relevant function
         gcc.get_default_include_dirs = lambda: ['/usr/include', '/usr/share/include', '/usr/local/include']